Tuesday, August 13, 2013

QUESTION AND ANSWER IN LIS -13

Today which type of information sources is most useful?
(A) Reference sources
(B) Documentary source
(C) Non- Documentary source
(D) Both the Documentary and Non- Documentary sources
Answer: (C)
Cover to cover translation is treated as
(A) Selective dissemination service
(B) Current awareness services
(C) On demand services
(D) Anticipatory services
Answer: (B)
What is the suitable reference sources to know about the information
of a particular place?
(A) Directory
(B) Gazetteer
(C) Encyclopedia
(D) Year book
Answer: (B)
What is the suitable reference sources to find out the list of historical monuments of Delhi?
(A) Atlas
(B) Gazetteer
(C) Guide book
(D) Globe
Answer: (C)
What do you call a collection of maps, tables, charts, etc.?
(A) Globe
(B) Gazetteer
(C) Atlas
(D) Map
Answer: (C)
How many volumes Micropaedia of new Encyclopedia Britannica is
published?
(A) 2
(B) 10
(C) 19
(D) 12
Answer: (B)
Encyclopedia Americana consists of
(A) 20 Volumes
(B) 25 Volumes
(C) 28 Volumes
(D) 30 Volumes
Answer: (D)
Which of the following are not the secondary sources?
(A) Encyclopedia
(B) Digest
(C) Thesis
(D) Text book
Answer: (C)
What is the publication frequency of books in print?
(A) Monthly
(B) Weekly
(C) Annually
(D) Quarterly
Answer: (C)
What is National bibliography?
(A) List of books of National Library
(B) List of books published in a particular Nation
(C) List of books written by National government
(D) List of books on a nation
Answer: (B)
What is world of learning?
(A) Directory
(B) Encyclopedia
(C) Dictionary
(D) Year book
Answer: (A)
What is the frequency of I.N.B.?
(A) Quarterly
(B) Monthly
(C) Weekly
(D) Annual
Answer: (B)
‘ Facts on File’ is a
(A) Weekly list
(B) Fortnightly
(C) Monthly
(D) Quarterly
Answer: (A)
The term “Information Service” is an improvised name …
(A) Administration
(B) Documentation
(C) Bibliography
(D) Reference service
Answer: (D)
Which terms was coined by S.R. Ranganathan for mobile libraries
(A) Moving library
(B) Library on wheels
(C) Library machine
(D) All of the above
Answer: (B)
Abstracting service provides…
(A) Abstract of articles
(B) Whole bibliographic description of articles
(C) Whole bibliographic description along with abstracts of article
(D) Whole bibliographic sources
Answer: (C)
Which service demands the creation of a
‘user’ profile?
(A) CAS
(B) Information retrieval
(C) SDI
(D) Reference service
Answer: (C)
“Reference service is the contact between the right reader and the
right book in the right personal way” was stated by…
(A) D J Fockett
(B) S R Ranganathan
(C) James I Wyer
(D) A.L.A Glossary of library terms
Answer: (B)
CAS is defined as
(A) A process of dissemination of information
(B) A process of information
(C) A process of dissemination of current information
(D) A simple information service
Answer: (C)
Feedback mechanism is a part of which service?
(A) Reprography service
(B) CAS
(C) Translation service
(D) SDI
Answer: (D)
Mobile library is a kind of which service?
(A) Reference service
(B) Extension service
(C) Ready reference service
(D) Long range reference service
Answer: (B)
The person who provides reference service is called
(A) Chief librarian
(B) Grade One Librarian
(C) Deputy Librarian
(D) Reference Librarian
Answer: (D)
Reading centre, story hours, exhibition and reading to literature are
form of
(A) Extension service
(B) Service of Public library
(C) Both
(D) None
Answer: (A)
Who Invented the Dictionary Catalogue?
(A) Dr. S. R. Ranganathan
(B) C. A. Cutter
(C) D. B. Krishna Rao
(D) K. N. Raj
Answer: (B)
What is the another name of Added entries?
(A) Main entry
(B) Cross reference entry
(C) Secondary entries
(D) Subject entry
Answer: (C)
When was SLSH published?
(A) 1903
(B) 1897
(C) 1923
(D) 1933
Answer: (C)
When was MARC project completed?
(A) 1987
(B) 1967
(C) 1947
(D) 1968
Answer: (B)
Who defined notation as shorthand sign
(A) Dr. S. R. Ranganathan
(B) Benjamin A. Custer
(C) Immanuel Kant
(D) E. C. Richardson
Answer : (D)
Who enunciated the five fundamental categories
(A) Benjamin A. Custer
(B) Paul Otlet
(C) Dr. S. R. Ranganathan
(D) W. C. Sayers
Answer: (C)
Who enunciated the subject Classification
(A) J. D. Brown
(B) W. C. Sayers
(C) Benjamin A.Custer
(D) Frist Donker Duyvis
Answer: (A)
How many Auxiliary tables are there in DDC 23rd Edition
(A) 16
(B) 6
(C) 7
(D) 8
Answer: (B)
Colon classification was first published in
(A) 1905
(B) 1931
(C) 1933
(D) 1944
Answer: (C)
Phoenix schedules are part of which classification
(A) CC
(B) DDC
(C) UDC
(D) LCC
Answer: (B)
Sear’s List of Subject Headings (SLSH) is mainly useful for
(A) Small and medium libraries
(B) Special libraries
(C) Academic libraries
(D) College libraries
Answer: (A)
In which year DDC 23rd edition was published
(A) 2000
(B) 2011
(C) 2003
(D) 2010
Answer: (B)
The word classification comes from the Latin word
(A) Classis
(B) Classes
(C) Clauses
(D) Fiction
Answer: (A)
The first edition of DDC published in
(A) 1875
(B) 1876
(C) 1874
(D) 1896
Answer: (B)
The first edition of UDC published in
(A) 1904
(B) 1901
(C) 1905
(D) 1894
Answer: (C)
Who is the publishers of Sear’s list of subject headings
(A) Dr. S. R. Ranganathan
(B) Brown
(C) H. W. Wilson
(D) C. A. Cutter
Answer: (C)
MESH is a
(A) Thesaurus
(B) Dictionary
(C) Journal
(D) Library
Answer: (A)
The First edition of DDC Consisted of
(A) 144 pages
(B) Four volume
(C) 44 pages
(D) 124 pages
Answer: (C) (1876)
What are the four entity of FRBR model?
(A) Personality, Matter, Energy, Space
(B) Work, Expression, Manifestation, Item
(C) Book, Form, Availability, Type
(D) Discipline, Entity, Action, Personality
Answer: (B)
Who is the Editor in Chief of 23rd Edition of DDC
(A) Benjamin A. Custer
(B) John P. Comaromi
(C) Winton E. Matthews
(D) John S. Mitchell
Answer: (D)
When was the different typological study towards mode of formation of
subjects done?
(A) 1950
(B) 1960
(C) 1970
(D) 1975
Answer: (A)
In which edition “Auxiliary table for area” was first introduced?
(A) DDC 14
(B) DDC 15
(C) DDC 16
(D) DDC 17
Answer: (D)
What does LED stands for in CC?
(A) Latest Energy Developments
(B) Latest Effective Decade
(C) Large Energy Distribution
(D) Lowest Effective Decade
Answer: (B)
The term prenatal cataloguing first used by
(A) Michael Gorman
(B) Dr. S.R.Ranganathan
(C) E.B.Ross
(D) Melvin Dewey
Answer :(B)
The Dewey Decimal Classification divides human knowledge into
(A) 10 basic categories.
(B) 100 basic categories.
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(D) 10000 basic categories.
Answer: (A)
Who devised Dewey Decimal Classification(DDC) System?
(A) Melville Dewey
(B) Dr. S. R. Ranganathan
(C) Tim Berners-Lee
(D) Vint Cerf
Answer: (A)
Call Number of a Book Means
(A) Book Number
(B) Class Number
(C) Both (A) and (B) are true
(D) None of the above
Answer: (C)
Accession Number means
(A) Call Number of a book
(B) Unique Number for a book inside a particular library.
(C) Book Number
(D) Class number Answer: (B)
Who is the Editor in Chief of 19th Edition of DDC
(A) Benjamin A. Custer
(B) John P. Comaromi
(C) Winton E. Matthews
(D) John S. Mitchell
Answer: (A)
Who is the Editor in Chief of 20th Edition of DDC
(A) Benjamin A. Custer
(B) John P. Comaromi
(C) Winton E. Matthews
(D) John S. Mitchell
Answer: (B)
Who is the Editor in Chief of 21st Edition of DDC
(A) Benjamin A. Custer
(B) John P. Comaromi
(C) Winton E. Matthews
(D) John S. Mitchell
Answer: (C)
Who is the Editor in Chief of 22nd Edition of DDC
(A) Benjamin A. Custer
(B) John P. Comaromi
(C) Winton E. Matthews
(D) John S. Mitchell
Answer: (D)
“POSDCORB” coined by
(A) Peter F. Drucker
(B) Harold Koontz
(C) F.W. Taylor
(D) Luther Gulick
Answer: (D)
When Peter F.Drucker defined M.B.O.(Management by Objectives)?
(A) 1950
(B) 1960
(C)1954
(D) 1964
Answer: (C)
Who said the demand and supply theory of books?
(A) Melvil Dewey
(B) Dr. S. R. Ranganathan
(C) Mc Colvin
(D) Sayers Answer: (C)"To provide the best books to the maximum readers at the least cost"
said by
(A) Dr. S. R. Ranganathan
(B) P. N. Kaula
(C) E.Mayo
(D) Melvil Dewey
Answer: (D)
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(A) Dr S R Ranganathan
(B) K.N.Raj
(C) C.A.Cutter
(D) W.C.Sayers
Answer: (A)
Classification of all types of libraries has been made by-
(A) IFLA
(B) UNISIST
(C) UNESCO
(D) INSDOC
Answer: (C)
”Special libraries serve a specialist clientele, located within a single
establishment or group and all engaged in working towards one
common purpose.” Who said this
(A) R.Astall
(B) UNESCO
(C) J.D.Brown
(D) E.C.Richardson
Answer: (A)
Reading centre’s, story hours, exhibitions and reading to literature are
forms of …
(A) Extension service
(B) Service of a public library
(C) Both
(D) None
Answer: (C)
Which library first introduced the printed catalog
(A) British Museum
(B) Library of Congress
(C) Lelin State
(D) Imperial Library
Answer: (A)
Informal self education is possible in what kind of library?
(A) National Library
(B) Public Library
(C) Specific Library (D) College Library
Answer: (B)
Theory X and Theory Y is developed by
(A) Louis Brandeis
(B) Douglas Mc Gregor
(C) Abraham Maslo
(D) Mayo
Answer: (B)
ISBN now consists of how many digit
(A) 10
(B) 9
(C) 15
(D) 13
Answer: (D)
Herzberg’s theory deals with
(A) Staffing
(B) Directing
(C) Motivation
(D) Planning
Answer: (C)
Who is the father of Scientific Management
(A) F.W. Taylor
(B) Harold Koontz
(C) Peter F. Drucker
(D) Luther Gulick
Answer: (A)
CPM (Critical Path Method) is developed by
(A) Dupoint Company
(B) Aircraft Corporation
(C) IIM
(D) IBM
Answer: (A)
How many digits have in the ISSN
(A) 10
(B) 8
(C) 13
(D) 15
Answer: (B)
Main use of Shelf list is
(A) Cataloging
(B) Circulation
(C) Stock Verification
(D) Book Selection
Answer: (C)
Theory X and Theory Y related to
(A) Planning
(B) Motivation
(C) Directing
(D) Staffing
Answer: (B)
Which national agency in India is responsible for assigning the ISBN
(A) RRRLF
(B) BARC
(C) NCL
(D) National Library of India
Answer: (A)
Zero Base Budgeting system was propounded by
(A) Peter F. Drucker
(B) P.N. Kaula
(C) E.Mayo
(D) Pter Phyrr
Answer: (D)
When Zero Base Budgeting system was first prepared
(A)1950
(B) 1960
(C)1970
(D) 1980
Answer: (C)
Posting the right person at the right place is called
(A) Recruitment
(B) Coaching
(C) Deployment
(D) Induction
Answer: (A)
TQM is a system of continuous improvement employing participative management and centered on needs of the
(A) Customers
(B) Staff
(C) Organization
(D) Government
Answer: (C)
Financial support given to libraries are of two types - Recurring and
(A) Ad-hoc
(B) Endowments
(C) Annual
(D) Non-recurring
Answer: (B)
Principle of maximum aggregate benefit is concerned with
(A) Growth of library
(B) Library use
(C) Library service
(D) Library fee
Answer: (C)
A budget which mainly covers items of current revenue and
expenditure is called
(A) Programme budget
(B) Welfare economics
(C) Current budgeting
(D) Capital budgeting
Answer: (D)
The library budget of a university is passed by the ?
(A) Senate
(B) Executive Council
(C) Academic Council
(D) Research Council
Answer: (B)
In fund accounting,fund can not be used for other purposes.
(A) Recurring
(B) Non-recurring
(C) Restricted
(D) Encumbering
Answer: (A)
Scrutiny of financial transactions is called
(A) Budgeting
(B) Programming
(C) Accounting
(D) Auditing
Answer: (D)
What are the two parts of the annual report of the library
(A) Primary and Secondary
(B) Analytical and Systematic
(C) Upper and Lower
(D) Descriptive and Statistical
Answer: (D)
Who is the pioneer of open access system in British libraries
(A) Nine e.Brown
(B) James Duff Brown
(C) John cotton dana
(D) S. R. Ranganathan
Answer: (B)
When was Browne charging system started?
(A) 1895
(B) 1896
(C) 1899
(D) 1875
Answer: (A)
Who started New york Charging system?
(A) Peter Drucker
(B) Elton Mayo
(C) John Cotton Dana
(D) Francis Bacon
Answer: (C)
When did electrically operated book charging system introduced first?
(A) 1926
(B) 1905
(C) 1933
(D) 1932
Answer: (D)
How many columns are there in the accession register?
(A) 10
(B) 12
(C) 14
(D) 16
Answer: (C)
When was PERT developed?
(A) 1958
(B) 1968
(C) 1955
(D) 1948
Answer: (A)
Who had invented the MBO?
(A) Eltomn Mayo
(B) Frederic Winslow Taylor
(C) Peter Drucker
(D) Kermeth Blanchard
Answer: (C) (1954)
PPBS relates to
(A) Book selection
(B) Journal selection
(C) Budgeting
(D) Library records
Answer: (C)
The standard “X” and theory “Y” was conceived by
(A) Peter F.Drucker
(B) Doughlas Mc Gregor
(C) Gulik and URwick
(D) Taylor
Answer: (B)
Zero based budget is concerned with
(A) Present
(B) Past
(C) Future
(D) Remote future
Answer: (C)
Who is the father of Classical School
(A) Lyndall Urwick
(B) Gulick
(C) Cutter
(D) Henri Fayol
Answer: (D)
(B) A journal
(C) A repository Software
(D) An encyclopeadia
Answer: (C)
What two is a Library Management Software for small libraries?
(A) Library Solution and Follet
(B) Follet and MSN
(C) MSN and Tar
(D) LYCOS and Live Search
Answer: (A)
What is APS ?
(A) A Search Engine?
(B) A Full-text e-resourse
(C) Bibliographic database
(D) Library Management Software
Answer: (B)
Which one is Library and Information
Science Journal name?
(A) Reference Reviews incorporating ASLIB Book Guide
(B) Reference Reviews incorporating ASLIB Book journals
(C) Reference Reviews incorporating ASLIB Book Review
(D) Reference Reviews incorporating ASLIB E-Book
Answer: (A)
"Shodhganga" is a national level repository of:
(A) E-Books
(B) E-Journals
(C) E-Theses
(D) Journal Articles
Answer: (C)
Questionnaire is a :
(A) Research method
(B) Measurement Technique
(C) Tool for data collection
(D) All the above
Answer: (C)
Mean, Median and Mode are :
(A) Measures of deviation
(B) Ways of sampling
(C) Measures of control tendency
(D) None of the above
Answer: (D)
‘Cranfield Studies’ are an example of :
(A) Survey Research
(B) Experimental Research
(C) Historical Research
(D) Case Study
Answer: (B)
Research is
(A) Searching again and again
(B) Finding solution to any problem
(C) Working in a scientific way to search for truth of any problem
(D) None of the above
Answer: (C)
Which of the following is the first step in starting the research process?
(A) Searching sources of information to locate problem.
(B) Survey of related literature
(C) Identification of problem
(D) Searching for solutions to the problem
Answer: (C)
A common test in research demands much priority on
(A) Reliability
(B) Useability
(C) Objectivity
(D) All of the above
Answer: (D)
Action research means
(A) A longitudinal research
(B) An applied research
(C) A research initiated to solve an immediate problem
(D) A research with socioeconomic objective
Answer: (C)
A reasoning where we start with certain particular statements and
conclude with a universal statement is called
(A) Deductive Reasoning
(B) Inductive Reasoning
(C) Abnormal Reasoning
(D) Transcendental Reasoning
Answer: (B)
Research is conducted to
I. Generate new knowledge
II. Not to develop a theory
III. Obtain research degree
IV. Reinterpret existing knowledge
Which of the above are correct?
(A) I, III & II
(B) III, II & IV
(C) II, I & III (D) I, III & IV Answer: (D)
Which of the following variables cannot be expressed in quantitative
terms?
(A) Socio-economic Status
(B) Marital Status
(C) Numerical Aptitude
(D) Professional Attitude
Answer: (C)
The essential qualities of a researcher are
(A) Spirit of free enquiry
(B) Reliance on observation and evidence
(C) Systematization or theorizing of knowledge
(D) All the above
Answer: (D)
In the process of conducting research ‘Formulation of Hypothesis” is
followed by
(A) Statement of Objectives
(B) Analysis of Data
(C) Selection of Research Tools
(D) Collection of Data
Answer: (C)
A research paper is a brief report of research work based on
(A) Primary Data only
(B) Secondary Data only
(C) Both Primary and Secondary Data
(D) None of the above
Answer: (C)
One of the following is not an open source software :
(A) D’space
(B) Windows
(C) Green-stone
(D) Linux
Answer: (B) Windows
When RRRLF was established?
(A) 1970
(B) 1971
(C) 1972
(D) 1974
Answer: (C)
Where is the headquarter of RRRLF?
(A) Banglore
(B) Delhi
(C) Calcutta
(D) Lucknow
Answer: (C)
Who provides the ISBN?
(A) Niscair
(B) Nissat
(C) Insdoc
(D) RRRLF
Answer: (D)
RRRLF provides the?
(A) ISSN
(B) ISBN
(C) CCF
(D) MARC
Answer: (B)
“It is a library with little or no physical presence of books, periodicals,
reading space or support staff, but are that disseminate disseminate
selective information directly to distribute library customers, usually
electronically”. Said by whom?
(A) Kay Gapen
(B) Powell
(C) Sherwell
(D) H. G. Wells
Answer: (B)
”A library is a public institution or establishment charged with the care
of collection of books, the duty of making them accessible to those who
require the use of them and the task of converting every person in its
neighborhood into a habitual library goers and reader of
books.”Quoted by whom?
(A) Dr S R Ranganathan
(B) K.N.Raj
(C) C.A.Cutter
(D) W.C.Sayers
Answer: (A)
Classification of all types of libraries has been made by-
(A) IFLA
(B) UNISIST
(C) UNESCO
(D) INSDOC
Answer: (C)
”Special libraries serve a specialist clientele, located within a single
establishment or group and all engaged in working towards one
common purpose.” Who said this
(A) R.Astall
(B) UNESCO
(C) J.D.Brown
(D) E.C.Richardson
Answer: (A)
Reading centre’s, story hours, exhibitions and reading to literature are
forms of …
(A) Extension service
(B) Service of a public library
(C) Both
(D) None
Answer: (C)
Which library first introduced the printed catalog
(A) British Museum
(B) Library of Congress
(C) Lelin State
(D) Imperial Library
Answer: (A)
Informal self education is possible in what kind of library?
(A) National Library
(B) Public Library
(C) Specific Library (D) College Library
Answer: (B)
Theory X and Theory Y is developed by
(A) Louis Brandeis
(B) Douglas Mc Gregor
(C) Abraham Maslo
(D) Mayo
Answer: (B)
ISBN now consists of how many digit
(A) 10
(B) 9
(C) 15
(D) 13
Answer: (D)
Herzberg’s theory deals with
(A) Staffing
(B) Directing
(C) Motivation
(D) Planning
Answer: (C)
Who is the father of Scientific Management
(A) F.W. Taylor
(B) Harold Koontz
(C) Peter F. Drucker
(D) Luther Gulick
Answer: (A)
CPM (Critical Path Method) is developed by
(A) Dupoint Company
(B) Aircraft Corporation
(C) IIM
(D) IBM
Answer: (A)
How many digits have in the ISSN
(A) 10
(B) 8
(C) 13
(D) 15
Answer: (B)
Main use of Shelf list is
(A) Cataloging
(B) Circulation
(C) Stock Verification
(D) Book Selection
Answer: (C)
Theory X and Theory Y related to
(A) Planning
(B) Motivation
(C) Directing
(D) Staffing
Answer: (B)
Which national agency in India is responsible for assigning the ISBN
(A) RRRLF
(B) BARC
(C) NCL
(D) National Library of India
Answer: (A)
Zero Base Budgeting system was propounded by
(A) Peter F. Drucker
(B) P.N. Kaula
(C) E.Mayo
(D) Pter Phyrr
Answer: (D)
When Zero Base Budgeting system was first prepared
(A)1950
(B) 1960
(C)1970
(D) 1980
Answer: (C)
Posting the right person at the right place is called
(A) Recruitment
(B) Coaching
(C) Deployment
(D) Induction
Answer: (A)
TQM is a system of continuous improvement employing participative management and centered on needs of the
(A) Customers
(B) Staff
(C) Organization
(D) Government
Answer: (C)
Financial support given to libraries are of two types - Recurring and
(A) Ad-hoc
(B) Endowments
(C) Annual
(D) Non-recurring
Answer: (B)
Principle of maximum aggregate benefit is concerned with
(A) Growth of library
(B) Library use
(C) Library service
(D) Library fee
Answer: (C)
A budget which mainly covers items of current revenue and
expenditure is called
(A) Programme budget
(B) Welfare economics
(C) Current budgeting
(D) Capital budgeting
Answer: (D)
The library budget of a university is passed by the ?
(A) Senate
(B) Executive Council
(C) Academic Council
(D) Research Council
Answer: (B)
In fund accounting,fund can not be used for other purposes.
(A) Recurring
(B) Non-recurring
(C) Restricted
(D) Encumbering
Answer: (A)
Scrutiny of financial transactions is called
(A) Budgeting
(B) Programming
(C) Accounting
(D) Auditing
Answer: (D)
What are the two parts of the annual report of the library
(A) Primary and Secondary
(B) Analytical and Systematic
(C) Upper and Lower
(D) Descriptive and Statistical
Answer: (D)
Who is the pioneer of open access system in British libraries
(A) Nine e.Brown
(B) James Duff Brown
(C) John cotton dana
(D) S. R. Ranganathan
Answer: (B)
When was Browne charging system started?
(A) 1895
(B) 1896
(C) 1899
(D) 1875
Answer: (A)
Who started New york Charging system?
(A) Peter Drucker
(B) Elton Mayo
(C) John Cotton Dana
(D) Francis Bacon
Answer: (C)
When did electrically operated book charging system introduced first?
(A) 1926
(B) 1905
(C) 1933
(D) 1932
Answer: (D)
How many columns are there in the accession register?
(A) 10
(B) 12
(C) 14
(D) 16
Answer: (C)
When was PERT developed?
(A) 1958
(B) 1968
(C) 1955
(D) 1948
Answer: (A)
Who had invented the MBO?
(A) Eltomn Mayo
(B) Frederic Winslow Taylor
(C) Peter Drucker
(D) Kermeth Blanchard
Answer: (C) (1954)
PPBS relates to
(A) Book selection
(B) Journal selection
(C) Budgeting
(D) Library records
Answer: (C)
The standard “X” and theory “Y” was conceived by
(A) Peter F.Drucker
(B) Doughlas Mc Gregor
(C) Gulik and URwick
(D) Taylor
Answer: (B)
Zero based budget is concerned with
(A) Present
(B) Past
(C) Future
(D) Remote future
Answer: (C)
Who is the father of Classical School
(A) Lyndall Urwick
(B) Gulick
(C) Cutter
(D) Henri Fayol
Answer: (D)
Who coined the word POSDCORB
(A) Henri Foyal
(B) Luther Gulick
(C) Herbert
(D) Elizabeth stone

Answer: (B)

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